Calling weight police - help
Hello, I am in the process of getting a new setup, truck and 5th wheel. Truck is a 2022 F350 King Ranch 4x4 SRW short bed Diesel. Fifth wheel is 2021 Solitude 378mbs. I am also planning to add Summ...
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Me Again wrote:Second Chance wrote:
Loaded for travel, the Solitude 378MBS will put about 3,800 lbs. on the pin. Make sure the truck has that kind of payload left over after subtracting the weight of the hitch, occupants, gear, etc. Personally, I would only pull that trailer with a dual rear wheel truck.
Rob
How do you get from 2686 dry pin weight to 3800 load. That is about 1/2 of the carrying capacity of the of the trailer. Do you really think that much will go on the pin.
Taking dry weights it has 18.7% dry pin weight. Carry the percentage forward to 16800 GVWR of the trailer give 3146 lbs of loaded pin weight.
If pin weight increases to 20 percent load, the 3360 would be the pin weight fully loaded.
Now we need to talk about generators and washer/dryer. W/D prep is in the nose, and generator well ahead of the axles.
I made this work with my 16K 39'4" Bighorn because it had a 2435 dry pin weight with our 2015 RAM SB 4X4 3500 SRW with 11,700 GVWR and 7K RGAWR. And we were loaded heavy as full timers at that time.
Almost all cargo, including LP, batteries, basement and closet contents, and all three waste tanks are forward of the axles on this model. Only the fresh tank is over the axles. Having owned two Grand Design fifth wheels and seeing the numbers for many others on the Grand Design forums, this configuration typically runs around 23% of the loaded weight (or GVWR if you don't have actual scale weights) on the pin. My Solitude 310GK, only 15K GVWR, puts over 3,300 lbs. on the pin - and that's without a generator and with lithium batteries (1/2 the weight of lead-acid).
Rob
